I was a heavy smoker for 18 years before I quit. It has been decades since then, and I sometimes look back at myself at that age and sometimes think "what a destructive product to allow on the market given that the upsides are so little".<p>We allow cars on the road knowing it will cost ~30K lives a year because society (at least in the US) made a decision that it is "worth it". What was the calculus that allowed us to rationalize this product?
Weird how there seems to exist simultaneous support for banning cigarettes and legalizing smoking weed.<p>Do the same parties hold both views? Can they be reconciled?